Incidentally, Bunny was the last of the core cast to be designed.  And the hardest.  I went through many, many versions before I found the mix of sass and innocence I wanted.  As young and inexperienced as she is in book one, she isn’t naive or stupid and I hope that book two will give an opportunity to show her more spirited side.

Every year, too many families are torn apart by tragedy. The Fae may replace a beloved baby with a sinister Changeling. Or an innocent baby with colic may be mis-identified as a Changeling. Are you concerned that your baby — or the baby of a friend or loved one — may have been replaced by a Changeling?

1. Stay calm — the Borderland Guard is here to help!

2. Before you take action, consult this handy visual reference, available on a variety of useful products, for the warning signs that indicate the presence of a Changeling.

3. Then contact your local Borderland Guard detachment for more information and assistance.

Stay alert. Stay informed. Together, we can all help to stop the Changeling menace.

Portrait of Captain David Redman by Borderland Guard sketch artist P. Heinicke, presented to him on the occasion of his promotion to Deputy Commissioner (British Columbia)

… born in Newfoundland… eldest child and only son of British immigrants… immersed in the folklore of his family and his community…

…Unremarkable childhood… at age sixteen… disappeared while hiking… search revealed no traces… arrived at front door of his parent’s home, very hungry, suffering from exposure and with no memory of his experiences or how he had found his way home…

… noticeable changes in behaviour and demeanour… driven… academic excellence… athletic achievements…

… Attended University of Toronto… full scholarship… major in Psychology… spent his first month of classes and in residence, apparently including all leisure time, completely silent. When he began speaking he no longer showed any sign of his childhood accent…

… Graduated with honours… confounded expectations that he would go on to Graduate-level studies and a distinguished career when he enlisted in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police…

… rapid promotion… joined SERT (Special Emergency Response Team, the RCMP counter-terrorism unit); when SERT was disbanded and its functions transferred to Joint Task Force Two, he is alleged to have continued to work with JTF-2 in an advisory, training or liaison capacity. This can not be confirmed since, in accordance with policy, the Department of National Defence will not comment on the membership of JTF-2…

… Transferred to British Columbia… Beltane Event… one of the highest-ranking officer in any organization to assume direct command of personnel on-site at the Border… The sector under his command was the only one in North America to have no violent incidents by human beings or Fae…

…pivotal role in the formation of the Borderland Guard… offered position of Commissioner but declined, citing his preference to remain involved in day-to-day police work… has lead the Vancouver detachment since the formal inception of the Guard… pioneered the employment of officers with backgrounds outside traditional policing or the military… citing his own experiences as an example, he says that the best Borderland Guard officers have been “touched by the strange”…

… rank belies his influence behind the scenes… said to have lobbied hard with both Canadian and Fae authorities to establish the position of Liaison… hosting pilot project…

… highest-rated performance evaluations of any officer commanding a detachment in the Guard… Vancouver personnel have a profound degree of personal loyalty to him… one officer said, “Yeah, if you screw up out there, Redman will kick your ass… after he busts his ass getting you back home safe and sound.”

SKILLS: Ranked highly in hand-to-hand armed and unarmed combat… interrogation… counter-terrorism… small-unit tactics… motivational speaking… card tricks…

I would also like to direct your attention to the blog, where Stephen has been posting the prose stories of Mac and Martin, two other dectectives in the Borderland Guard.  The two stories are independant of each other and take place in two different cities in the our world.  I hope see those archives back up soon so you can enjoy Stephen’s writing as much as I do.